MEDAL ALERT

American Antoine wins bronze in skeleton

Men’s skeleton finals

Gold

Russian Alexander Tretiakov save d his best time for last, and it won him a gold medal in the skeleton finals. His final heat was the fastest of the field, 56.02 seconds, giving him an overall time of 3:44.29. It’s his second career medal, after earning a bronze in the 2010 Vancouver games.

Silver

Martin Dukurs of Latvia also won his second career medal, a silver in the skeleton with an overall time of 3:45.10.

Bronze

The United States had something to cheer about following an inauspicious start to the day in Sochi. Matthew Antoine earned a bronze medal in his first Olympic games with an overall time of 3:47.26. He beat out the fourth-place finisher by only 0.32 seconds.

“Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast Gabby Douglas took part in her first workout with coach Liang Chow, the renowned leader of Chow’s Gymnastics and Dance Institute, for the first time since last August. Douglas, who twice won gold at the London Games, had moved to California to be closer to family. She went through drills Monday with Chow.”